I’m still amazed that they can catch fraud that fast. When the rep asked me if I’d shopped at the two places that were suspect, I said, “No, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t places I would shop. How can you tell it wasn’t me?”

She said, “We have a very intricate system,” in a very serious and no-nonsense voice.

I wanted to ask more, but she was intent on rushing through all the security questions and closing down my account so I can spend the rest of the week reconfiguring all my autopay information at more than a gazillion sites. (Probably one of the same sites where I was hacked which means this might all happen again next Monday. Kind of like Groundhog day only it would be My-Discover-got-Hacked-Again Day.)

Since then I’ve been fixated on the fact that Discover knew instantaneously that it wasn’t me shopping at Walmart.com. They’re good. I mean, I don’t shop at Walmart.com, but it doesn’t seem out of the realm of possibility, does it? I hate Walmart categorically, but sometimes I’m forced to go there because I’m a cheapskate. And I live in a teeny-tiny town that has limited shopping options. I usually try the Goodwill before I stoop to Walmart. And whenever I go in there, I keep my head down hoping no one will recognize me. But no one would know if I shopped at Walmart.com. Except my dog.

And Discover.

It’s impressive how closely they are watching me. Impressive and maybe a little creepy. This morning I tweeted “My discover card got hacked. I wish I paid as much attention to my spending as Discover does.”

Within minutes, Daisy, a rep at Discover (not sure if she’s the person I talked to yesterday, but she sounded like a Daisy) replied to my tweet.

“Hi Cara! Thanks for sharing! We take the security of your account very seriously and we are always here to help. *Daisy”

Wow. I mean, MERE MINUTES. So maybe they are watching me.

All the time.​I’m gonna behave better today. No crazy shopping at Walmart.com.

This is so weird for me to read! I /also/ had my Discover card hacked, and the hackers /also/ shopped at walmart.com!! Even more eerily (if you can believe that this could get more weird), Discover customer service alerted me to the possibility that my account was hacked /even before I knew/ because the spree fell "outside the parameters of my usual shopping habits". Spooky. They're watching, always watching...